The Patriot Post® · Thursday Short Cuts

Straight From the Horse’s Mouth

“The president doesn’t talk about shutting down the border [and is] not advocating for shutting down the border.” —Biden campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodríguez

Non Sequitur

“We need comprehensive immigration reform. You know, it’s not just about building a wall; it’s about making sure that our airways and our waterways are secure.” —Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski

Demagogue

“If the prior administration and extreme Republicans in Congress had succeeded in gutting the ACA, 45 million people nationwide would have lost their health insurance.” —Joe Biden (“Instead, ALL Americans are paying far more for a worse product. Thanks Obama.” —Nate Jackson)

Grand Delusions

“No, he’s not losing in all the battleground states. He’s coming up. … It’s obvious that Joe will win this election.” —First Lady Jill Biden

The BIG Lie

“Extremists are proposing hundreds of hateful laws that target and terrify transgender kids and their families — silencing teachers; banning books; and even threatening parents, doctors, and nurses with prison for helping parents get care for their children.” —Joe Biden

Observations

“It is clear that the purpose of the [Transgender Day of Visibility] proclamation is not to provide aid and comfort to individuals, and particularly children, who are suffering from gender dysphoria. Its purpose is to increase the number of children who experience gender dysphoria by literally encouraging it. … If a president issued a statement on World Schizophrenia Awareness Day, it would not begin by honoring the ‘extraordinary courage’ of schizophrenics. Nor would it declare that they ‘help America thrive.’ That would make no sense. They are suffering from a disease.” —Gary Bauer

“Anyone who really believes that men can become women, and that affirming biological reality is tantamount to genocide, is eventually going to throw you in prison. That’s why they use terms like ‘genocide.’ It’s not to accurately describe what you’re doing, it’s to justify destroying your life by force, through any means necessary.” —Matt Walsh

Hot Air

“The automotive sector is moving toward EVs, and we can’t pretend otherwise. Sometimes when these debates happen, I feel like it’s the early 2000s and I’m talking to some people who think that we can just have landline phones forever.” —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

For the Record

“What is the likely outcome of vastly expanding electric power demand at the same time the Biden administration is reducing supply? An energy calamity.” —Stephen Moore

“Energy is the master resource. Everything we have is derivative of cheap and reliable energy. The more energy a country uses, the richer it is. If you want to disrupt a nation’s progress, take away its energy sources. This is usually a tactic that nations use against their enemies when they are at war. We are foolishly and self-destructively turning the lights off on ourselves.” —Stephen Moore

The Bottom Line

“The message from the IDF admitting that the killing of Jose Andres’ group of food aid workers was a mistake was sincere, honorable, and something Hamas would never do. When they kill people, they dance over their bodies. Innocent deaths are tragic. Only Israel acknowledges that.” —Christine Flowers

“Israel is the only Jewish country in the world. There are 49 countries with majority Muslim populations. There are 15 million Jews in the world and 1.8 billion Muslims. Yet, worldwide, there remains antipathy to this lone, tiny yet successful-way-beyond-its-size Jewish country. Something is wrong. Very wrong.” —Star Parker

Spend-o-Rama Paralysis

“Revenue is not in short supply. Fiscal discipline is. A change in spending will require a change in attitude about what government should and should not do. … Just as we don’t see a doctor when we are having car trouble, neither should we look to government to solve problems best dealt with individually.” —Cal Thomas

Insight

“A good many proposals are made by people that have very excellent things that they would like to have the Government do, but they come from people that have no responsibility for providing ways and means by which their proposals can be carried out.” —President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)

And Last…

“We can have equal treatment or equal outcomes. Pick one.” —Christopher F. Rufo

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